sound barrier
Example Sentences
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In 1947, with its X-1 plane, the team became the first in the history of human flight to break the sound barrier.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
But its treatment in general showed "there are still areas where the #MeToo movement has not yet breached the sound barrier, chiefly in men's football," she added.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 recently became the first civilian jet to break the sound barrier since the Concorde—a development watched closely by the football league as it considers launching franchises in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Heart-stopping sonic booms interrupt the hum of traffic in Beirut, as Israeli warplanes break the sound barrier in the skies above.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024
It was like dodging back and forth from one dimension to another, a silent explosion of breaking through a sound barrier, a curious experience, like a quick dip into a known but alien water.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
